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| PEIG Stand at APEC 2009 16 Feb 2009 |
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The research results created under the Enterprise Ireland sponsored Industry Led Research Programme was pshowcased at the annual Applied Power Electronics Conference, which was held in Washington, D.C. The representative of the PEIG researchers, Dr Cian O'Mathuna, also gave a plenary talk on the future of Power Supply on Chip. Details of the conference and the content of the plenary talk can be found at:
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| PEIG Industry Led Research Programme Showcase Event 4 Dec 2008 |
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The final showcase event that provided a final public update on the various research projects took place in Cork. The event was attended by 55 people, and was assessed by attendees as being a success.
The AGM of the organisation was also held on the day, and a new committee has been agreed for the organisation
Research project presentations available in the knowledge base section of this website.
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| Picture shows Jim Lawler, Director, Enterprise Ireland closing the showcase event. |
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| Darnell Coverage of Irish Power Electronics 17 Oct 2008 |
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The Darnell Group is a leading source for worldwide strategic information covering the full spectrum of power electronics.
They have just published a variety of videos, entitled "Power Electronics Tour of Ireland", that provide a series of video commentaries of the recent PwrSoc '08 workshop, of the research competencies in Tyndall and University of Limerick(UL), and on some power electronics companies operating in Ireland.
See http://www.powerpulse.net/conferenceVideo.php for all videos. |
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For the specific videos on some of the Power Electronics Research Providers in Ireland, reference the following clips, listing the name and/or affiliation, duration of clip and hyperlink to the clip:
Dr. Cian O'Mathuna, Tyndall - 7:14 http://www.powerpulse.net/conferenceVideo.php?clip=787
Tynall Micro Systems Inspection Lab - 2:26 http://www.powerpulse.net/conferenceVideo.php?clip=788
Tyndall Magnetics Characterization Lab - 5:52 http://www.powerpulse.net/conferenceVideo.php?clip=789
Tyndall Wireless Sensors Lab - 6:24 http://www.powerpulse.net/conferenceVideo.php?clip=790
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UL Stokes Research Institute Overview - 1:37 http://www.powerpulse.net/conferenceVideo.php?clip=793
UL Stokes Reliability Physics Lab - 3:35 http://www.powerpulse.net/conferenceVideo.php?clip=791
UL Stokes Thermal Solutions Lab - 4:06 http://www.powerpulse.net/conferenceVideo.php?clip=792 |
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For the videos on some power electronics companies based in Ireland, reference the following clips, listing the name, affiliation, duration of clip and hyperlink to the clip:
Dermot Flynn, Excelsys Technologies - 5:29 http://www.powerpulse.net/conferenceVideo.php?clip=795
Various, Powervation - 3:49 http://www.powerpulse.net/conferenceVideo.php?clip=796
Various, ON Semiconductor - 5:01 http://www.powerpulse.net/conferenceVideo.php?clip=797 |
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For the videos on the Power Supply on Chip Workshop comments, reference the following clips, listing the name, affiliation, duration of clip and hyperlink to the clip:
Ed Stanford, Intel - 2:35 http://www.powerpulse.net/conferenceVideo.php?clip=776
Dr. Peter Zdebel, ON Semiconductor - 4:00 http://www.powerpulse.net/conferenceVideo.php?clip=777
Leo Warmerdam, NXP Semiconductors - 2:26 http://www.powerpulse.net/conferenceVideo.php?clip=778
Prof. Charles Sullivan, Dartmouth - 1:32 http://www.powerpulse.net/conferenceVideo.php?clip=779
Seamus O'Driscoll, Texas Instruments - 2:42 http://www.powerpulse.net/conferenceVideo.php?clip=780
Prof. John Shen, Univ of Central Florida - 2:16 http://www.powerpulse.net/conferenceVideo.php?clip=781
Prof. Seth Sanders, Univ of Ca., Berkeley - 3:49 http://www.powerpulse.net/conferenceVideo.php?clip=782
Dr. Fred Roozeboom, NXP Semiconductors - 4:00 http://www.powerpulse.net/conferenceVideo.php?clip=783
Bruno Allard, Ampere Laboratory - 5:00 http://www.powerpulse.net/conferenceVideo.php?clip=784
José Cobos, Technical University of Madrid - 2:00 http://www.powerpulse.net/conferenceVideo.php?clip=785
David Perreault, PhD, MIT - 1:36 http://www.powerpulse.net/conferenceVideo.php?clip=786 |
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| Power Supply on Chip Workshop exceeds expectations 24 Sep 2008 |
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| ON Semiconductor establishes R & D centre in Limerick 14 July 2008 |
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ON Semiconductor opened a new Research and Development Centre in Limerick. The centre will become a Centre of Expertise in digital power management and thermal management for the next generation processors. See http://www.onsemi.com/PowerSolutions/newsItem.do?article=1807 for further details. |
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| Commergy is acquired by Texas Instruments 13 May 2008 |
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Adding Commergy’s products and expertise in power conversion technology gives us a tremendous advantage when solving our customers’ complex energy requirements and critical power design challenges,” said Art George, senior vice president for TI’s High Performance Analog division. “New acquisitions such as this continue to enhance our portfolio of analog products that allow our customers to quickly adapt to the ever-changing computing and communications markets.”
Dr. George Young, chief executive and technology officer of Commergy, said, “Combining our talent, technology and products with TI’s manufacturing capabilities and power management business will give equipment designers quicker access to products that solve any energy management issue.” |
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| APEC, 24-28 February 2008 |
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PEIG, with support from Enterprise Ireland, exhibited at APEC 2008 in Austin TX. The event was a success, and the booth generated a lot of interest, and a wide variety of attendees expressed interested in the technologies comprising the strands of the Industry Led Research Programme (ILRP). Many thanks to all who helped prepare and support the attendance at APEC. For more details on the conference, see www.apec-conf.org.
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| L-R Jason Hannon (UCC), Terence O'Donnell (TYndall) and Ray Foley (UCC), helping on the booth at the exhibition. |
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| ILRP Showcase, Cork, Thur 31 January 2008 |
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A greater than expected turnout made this event a great start to the calendar of events. Six research teams gave detailed updates on their technology development. Antoin Russell, CEO of Powervation delivered a riveting talk on his company’s journey so far. Dennis Jennings of 4th Level Ventures provided excellent advice for would-be entrepreneurs.
For more photos taken during the event, go to the events page.
For presentations given on the day go to the knowledge base area. |
| L-R Jim Lawler (Enterprise Ireland), Werner Wolfle (Convertec), Gary Duffy (Excelsys) and Paul Tattersall (Power Plex) |
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| Analog Devices Completes Sale of 2 Lines, Wed 2 Jan, 2008 |
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Chip maker Analog Devices Inc. said Wednesday it completed the approximately $184 million sale of its CPU voltage regulation and PC thermal monitoring product lines to ON Semiconductor Corp. L-R Jim Lawler.
See www.analog.com for further details. |
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